Re: apple ii diagnostic card

["brad" <mrbrad@ll.net>]

ok..i guess i spent $10 w/shipping more then i needed to..oh well something
to check or play with on my apple //e's i've got enough of them..and my orig
apple //e comes up with i/o error even thou self test says it is ok..maybe i
can salvage the motherboard for nostalgia reaons..my first motherboard..sigh
(fall 1983)

thanks for the info
win some / lose some

brad



"Quadrajet1" <quadrajet1@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >got an apple ii diagnostic card on ebay for like $15 plus shipping
> >($5.75)...ouch..anyway.....
> >
> >was wondering if anyone had any info on this card...the ebay page says
the
> >
> >so is it an apple II only card or can it be used in the II+ and maybe
even
> >the IIe?
> >
> >and buy the way is that a good price i paid for the beast? or are they
> >common as mud and i don't know that
> >
> >thnaks for your help..if nothing else and the ebay page is correct and it
> >has built in diagnostics on the ROM chip..i'll check it on some apple
II's i
> >have
> >
> >anyway thanks for your help and any links to dealer diagnostic disks that
> >use this card would be appreciated
> >
> >brad
> >former sysop lost-gonzo.com
>
>   Had I known, I'd have sold one.  I have 5 of them left. The power of
eBay.
> Something like that I charge $4 for Priority Mail shipping.
>
>   The ROMs on the board contain the diagnostic routines, and the board
ONLY
> works on the //e.  Will not work on the ][+.  They had a NTSC and PAL
version
> of the card originally.
>
>   The card checks ROM, RAM, MMU, IOU, etc....  Lets you test the color
> circuitry, keyboard keys, etc...  Plug it in, flip the switch up, and turn
on
> the computer, and it'll come up.  Card was made oversized to prevent the
tech
> from leaving it in a customer's computer.
>
> Raymond
>